Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy: Russian Fantasy
Label: DECCA Catalog: 4782940 Format: CD Vladimir AshkenazyBorodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances arranged by Vovka Ashkenazy Glinka: Valse-Fantaisie in B minor for piano, G. vi193 arranged for two pianos by Vovka Ashkenazy Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (piano version) arranged by Vovka Ashkenazy Rachmaninov: Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5 Scriabin: Fantasy in A minor Op. post. Following their album of French music for two pianos, father and son Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy revel in their musical heritage with this dazzling programme by the great composers of Russia. Three of the works have been arranged by Vovka Ashkenazy himself, including Mussorgsky's Night On The Bald Mountain and the album's virtuosic finale, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from his opera Prince Igor. His two-piano arrangement of Glinka's lilting Valse-fantaisie is itself based on Sergei Lyapunov's arrangement for four hands. Price: $15.98 |